The children who follow celebrity real estate will recall that Mister Kravitz—at one time a bone fide real estate baller—spent several years unsuccessfully trying to sell his decadent duplex digs at a frequently-changing variety of asking prices that went as high at $19,500,000 and dipped as low as $12,500,000.

Thanks to Soho Sally (and the kids at Curbed) we've recently come to understand that two short years after buying their Manhattan aerie from Mister Kravitz, a fairly quiet wagon hitching ceremony on the island of Corsica, a new baby boy they named Egypt, and two more Grammys to add to her dozen others, Miz Keys and Mister Beatz have flipped their glassy duplex penthouse in Soho back on the market with a substantially increased asking price of $17,950,000.

Listing information shows the duplex penthouse, which has a third level roof terrace, measures in at a mansion-sized 6,167 square feet and contains 4-5 bedrooms and 4 full and 4 half bathrooms. Monthly maintenance and common charges for the penthouse that sits atop a full-service boo-teek building—once home to Hole rocker and Twitter princess Courtney Love—run a hefty-hefty-hefty $11,564 per month. Listing information also indicates the penthouse property also comes with separate and private wine cellar and storage/dressing rooms, presumably located somewhere in the bowels of the red-brick and cast iron building.

Although it's day-core is now lighter and brighter, a quick perusal of the juicy floor plan included with current listing information and marketing materials indicates to Your Mama boozy, vacation eyes that little has been altered from Mister Kravitz's ownership. The lower level of the posh ans spacious penthouse includes a massive gallery entrance with floating glass staircase and a pair of powder rooms, a high-glam solarium style formal dining room, and a 600-plus square foot living room with fireplace and a wall of floor-to-ceiling windows that give way to a city-view terrace that extends the full width of the penthouse. Not surprisingly, there's a grand piano near the windows where Miz Keys no doubt tinkles the ivories and composes her next mega-hit songs.

Also on the lower lever are a library/media room with walk-in closet and attached private bathroom, and a considerable eat-in kitchen with colossal marble-topped work island, a small walk-in pantry, an adjoining laundry room, and a wall of windows that slide open to a narrow terrace that runs the full width of the building.

The floating glass staircase—still with mortifying taupe shag carpeting on the treads—ascends to the second floor where there's a large office area completely encased in glass that overlooks the dining room. A long hallway provides access the guest/family bedroom wing that consists of one bedroom with walk-in closet and private attached facility plus two smaller bedrooms, each with private powder rooms and a shared sky-lit shower room that opens directly into the hallway.

The star-worthy, second floor master suite has huge windows, massive sky lights, a small private balcony, and several standard closet/storage cabinets plus a fully-fitted dressing room. The compartmentalized bathroom consists of his-and-her terlit/bee-day cubbies that open into a shared shower space and a wide, curving wall with twin sinks/vanities that flank an over-sized soaking tub.

A glass enclosed exterior staircase climbs from the second floor to the massive roof-top terrace with built-in stainless steel barbecue center/outdoor kitchen and expansive city view.

We haven't a clue why Mister and Missus Keys might want to sell their fancy pants penthouse so soon after buying but it could be that in the end it's just not large enough to accommodate their growing family—Mister Beatz has four children by four woman including a toddler boy named Egypt born to Miz Keys.

Prior to buying Mister Kravitz's sloppy real estate seconds, Miz Keys owned a fairly traditional, 15-room mansion in the upscale suburban Long Island enclave of Syosset (NY) bought in December 2005 for $2,933,380, put up for sale in early summer 2010 with an asking price of $3,850,000 and sold, according to property records, in June 2011 to a local orthodontist and his wife for $2,995,000.

19 comments:

Re Miz Keys' mansion, bought for 2933380 in 2005 and sold for in 2011 for 2995000, profit 61620, not enough to cover the time value of money+inflation. In short she lost quite a bit, however indeterminate. I guess she never heard of Warren Buffett's first rule of investing: "Never lose money."

This makes me think there's something wrong with that loft - first Lenny was trying to sell it forever, now after two short years they are trying to unload it as well? Maybe it's leaky with all that glass? Noisy? Something seems amiss if you ask me...

Love Alicia’s music. Especially that moving tribute she did at Whitney Houston’s funeral. Mama, just an aside, but did I tell you my retail queen story? Several years ago I was working part-time at a mall in ATL (a girl’s gotta do what a girl’s gotta do to pay the mortgage.) Anyway several times a woman in a floppy hat and large sunglasses came in the store, carrying several shopping bags. Whenever I would ask her if she needed help, she would tap her throat as if to say, “I can’t speak.” This happened several times. Finally I mentioned it to one of my co-workers, telling him this woman was possibly homeless and unable to speak for some reason. He turned to me and said, “Haven’t you figured her out yet? It’s WHITNEY HOUSTON. She doesn’t want to be recognized.” So the next time she came in while I was working, I got up close just to be sure, and it turned out my co-worker was correct. It was Whitney---with no entourage---just enjoying a day at the mall. And all that time I incorrectly assumed everything she owned was in those shopping bags! Ha ha ha

P.S. I had a conversation with Jane Fonda at a fundraiser when she lived in ATL. And I met RuPaul at a downtown nightclub many years ago. P.P.S. Hoping vacay is wonderful and thanks for sharing tidbits even though you're on holiday! xoxo Candi

I like more than I dislike so I guess it would be a win by decision and not a knock-out. The motorcycle is interesting, they should have purchased Keyne West's butchered Maybach to go with it. The car is already in pieces so getting it up the elevator shouldn't be too hard...

$18 million for a place they paid $12 million for? They can go to hell. I used to like her until she pursued a married man with children and broke up her marriage and her home. I never cared from him too much before in addition to him being hideously ugly with a nose that can smell better than a bloodhound.